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Romp, Stomp, & Chomp @ Wintergreen Winery
Beech Grove : Wintergreen, Virginia
Did you hear it Monday night. Yea, it’s kind of the unofficial end of summer. Labor Day is generally the last celebration of summer as we begin thinking of cooler fall like days ahead. However ….. I don’t think you’ll be thinking of fall just yet. We have several weeks of warm weather left and the official start of fall isn’t until later this month on September 23rd.
Labor Day 2007 is now part of the history books, but what terrific weather we had over the entire weekend. Until late Monday afternoon we didn’t even turn on any A/C. In the weather photo above you can see how crisp and clear the skies were at Wintergreen Winery’s Romp, Stomp and Chomp. There were tons of events all over the place and the weather was simply spectacular!
By the way, we ended up with a high for the month of August peaking at 102.6 (essentially 103 degrees) Our lowest temperature in August was 53.6 and we received 2.30 inches of rain here at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in Greenfield.
By contrast upon the mountain at NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation their highest temperature in August was 90.7 and the lowest was 55.9 degrees with 3.66 inches of rain for the month.
Today will be much like Monday. Sunny skies with hot temps around 90. There aren’t any real chances for rain on the horizon until perhaps next weekend when a cold front may make it through here. A weak front will be in the area today, but I don’t expect any real effects from it other than a shift of the winds to the north, but it will still be hot.
One final thing – Not that he’ll be affecting us, but if you’re interested in the track and progress of Hurricane Felix, you can get more information by clicking here.
There is an area of disturbed weather off the eastern seaboard that at least deserves a glance right now. If it develops into anything I’ll let you know in the next few days.
The numbers as of 11:59 PM EDT last night
*NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine : Greenfield / Afton
Mon High: 91.0° @ 4:19 PM
0.00″ of rain
*NCL-Wintergreen Nature Foundation : Devil’s Knob
Mon High: 80.4° @ 1:50 PM
0.00″ of rain
*NCL-Wintergreen Winery @ the foot of Wintergreen Mountain in Beech Grove
Mon High: 91.0° @ 4:00 PM
0.00″ of rain
*NCL-Tiger Fuel – Lovingston
Mon High: 89.8° @ 5:28 PM
0.00″ of rain
*NCL-Mini Tara Vineyards : Arrington
Mon High: 90.1° @ 3:08 PM
0.00″ of rain
High pressure controls our weather today keeping skies clear and sunny.
Current-Sat Surface Map
The National Forecast Map shows a cold front getting near Nelson today as well. It may briefly move through before stalling, then moving back north as a warm front.
Today’s Forecast Map
Local forecast
*Today Mostly sunny & hot.
*High temps in Beech Grove, Greenwood & Massies Mill around 90°
*On the mountains above 2000 feet along the BRP, Montebello, Wintergreen, Devil’s Knob, and Love, Sunny & Warm
Highs top out around 82°
Winds becoming N 5-8 MPH
*Tonight Clear & seasonal
*Lows valley around 55°
*On the mountains overnight low near 60°
*Winds: Light SW
Tomorrow Sunny and continued warm.
*Highs valley around 90°
*On the mountains around 83°
Winds: Light becoming SE in the afternoon.
*Wednesday night: Clear & pleasant. Lows generally in the low 60’s valley – mid & upper 50’s mountains
Winds: SE-5 becoming light & variable
The remainder of the week looks mostly sunny with afternoon highs in the mid & upper 80’s valley – low 80’s mountains. Overnight lows 60’s valley 50’s mountains. There is a chance for thunderstorms moving in late Sunday night into Monday.
Whenever or wherever severe weather or news breaks out, come here. We’ll have all of the latest watches, warnings, and coverage affecting Nelson County, Wintergreen, and nearby counties.
Have a great Tuesday!
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